SPEAKERS
Chien-Jen Chen
AFFILIATION:
National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, Taiwan
POSITION TITLE:
Professor, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology
EDUCATION/TRAINING:
National Taiwan University, College of Science, B.Sc. Zoology
National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, M.P.H. Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University , School of Human Genetics Sc.D. Epidemiology
HONORS:
1979 Scholarship for Studying Abroad, Ministry of Education, 1979
1989 Fogarty International Research Fellowship, US National Institute of Health
1992 Outstanding Teaching Award, Ministry of Education, ROC
1995 Outstanding Scholar, Foundation for Outstanding Scholarship
1997 Academic Award, Ministry of Education, ROC
1998 Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, ROC
1997 National Chair Professor, Ministry of Education, ROC
2001 ISI Citation Classic Award, ISI Thomas Scientific
2003 Outstanding Research Fellow Award, National Science Council, ROC
2005 Health Medal (First Rank), Department of Health, ROC
2005 Achievement Medal (First Rank), Executive Yuan, ROC
2005 Presidential Science Prize, ROC
2005 Member, Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
2007 Honorary Member, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2007
2008 Cutter Lecturer on Preventive Medicine, Harvard University, 2008
2008 Dr. DV Datta Memorial Oration, Indian National Association for Study of the Liver
2009 Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques, Ministry of Education, France,
2009 Science and Engineering Achievement Award, Taiwanese-American Foundation, USA
2010 Member, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
2010 Outstanding Merit Award, Wang Ming-Ning Memorial Foundation, Taiwan
2011 Excellence in Cancer Prevention Award, Taiwan Joint Cancer Conference, Taiwan
2011 14th Prof. Vikit Viranuvatti Lecturer, Gastroenterological Association of Thailand
2012 Science Profession Medal (First Prize), National Science Council, ROC
2012 Knowledge for the World Award, Johns Hopkins University
2014 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, China Medical University, Taiwan
2014 Prof. Juei-Low Sung Award, Asia-Pacific Primary Liver Cancer Expert Association
2016 Distinguished Service Medal, Academia Sinica
2017 International member, National Academy of Sciences, USA
2020 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science China Medical University, Taiwan
2020 Order of Dr. Sun Yat-sen with Grand Cordon, Office of the President, Taiwan
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Molecular and genomic epidemiology includes
- Long-term follow-up study on the predictability of risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, cervical carcinoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma for various biomarkers of chronic infection of hepatitis B and C virus, human papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus, respectively;
- Molecular biomarkers of chronic arsenic poisoning: gene-environment interaction;
- Multiplex family study and association study on susceptibility genes of cancers of hepatocellular carcinoma, cervical carcinoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma;
- Genomic epidemiological study on susceptibility genes of female lung adenocarcinoma.
PUBLICATIONS:
List of published work in Scopus:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7501959692